S.I. No. 113/2020 - Building Control Regulations 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th April, 2020.

I, EOGHAN MURPHY, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 , and subsection (3) of section 7 , of the Building Control Act 1990 (No. 3 of 1990) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 358 of 2017 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1.

• (2) The Building Control Regulations 1997 to 2018 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Building Control Regulations 1997 to 2020.

2.

“material change of use” has the meaning assigned to it by the Principal Regulations;

“Principal Regulations” means Building Control Regulations 1997 (No. 496 of 1997);

“relevant period” means the period commencing on 13 March 2020 and ending on the day on which Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1 of 2020) ceases to have effect by virtue of subsection (3) of section 2 of that Act;

“State authority” means –

• (a) a Minister of the Government, or

• (b) the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

3.

• (a) works consisting of, or in connection with, the construction, extension, alteration, repair, or renewal of a building of a class specified in Schedule 1 carried out and completed during the relevant period by, or on behalf of, a State authority, or

• (b) a material change of use to use as a building of such a class during the relevant period by, or on behalf of, a State authority.

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), Article 20C of the Principal Regulations shall apply in relation to works referred to in paragraph (1) as if “shall, not later than 12 months from the expiration of the relevant period (within the meaning of the Building Control Regulations 2020),” were substituted for “shall”.

• (3) Article 20C of the Principal Regulations shall not apply to works in relation to a building to which paragraph (1) applies if the building is demolished or removed before the expiration of 12 months from the end of the relevant period.

4.

• (2) In this Regulation “relevant building” means a building to which a material change of use referred to in subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Regulation 3 applies.

5.

• (2) A works (Covid-19 crisis) notice shall be accompanied by a declaration in the form specified in Schedule 3 made by the State authority concerned.

• (3) A building control authority upon which a works (Covid-19 crisis) notice and declaration referred to in paragraph (2) is served shall –

• (a) if satisfied that the works (Covid-19 crisis) notice and declaration are in the proper form and contain the information required by these Regulations to be provided in that form, notify the State authority in writing that the State authority has complied with paragraphs (1) and (2), or

• (b) if not so satisfied, request the State authority to provide such information to the building control authority as it may reasonably require for the purposes of these Regulations.

• (4) A building control authority that has made a request in accordance with subparagraph (b) of paragraph (3) shall, upon receipt of the information requested, notify the State authority in writing that the building control authority is satisfied that the State authority has complied with paragraphs (1) and (2).?

SCHEDULE 1

(Regulation 3)

CLASSES OF BUILDING FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION 3

SCHEDULE 2

(Regulation 5(1))

WORKS (COVID-19 CRISIS) NOTICE

(Notice to a Building Control Authority pursuant to Regulation 5(1) of the Building Control Regulations 2020)

Building Control Authority: ____ Unique Identifier:___

(for official use only)

Date of receipt: _____

1. I / We, ____, hereby give notice in accordance with Regulation 5(1) of the Building Control Regulations 2020 that it is intended to carry out the works and / or Material Change of Use (hereinafter referred to as “development”) as described below, by or on or behalf of _________(State authority):

Name of State authority (or organisation acting on behalf of the State authority): ____________

Address:___________ _____________

Eircode: _____

Name of Contact Person: __________

Telephone: __________

Email: _____

2. Project Particulars:

Description of the proposed development: _____ ___________ __________

Location of the proposed development: _______ __________ ____________

Number of existing buildings to which this notice relates: _______

Number of new buildings to which this notice relates: _______

Use of buildings: ________

3. Builder(s):

Works: ______________

Name: ______________

Address:_________ __________ ____________

Eircode: __________

Telephone: ________

Email: _____

Construction Industry Register Ireland Registration No. (where applicable):______

4. Building Designer(s):

Works: ______________

Name:_____________

Address:___________ _____________

Eircode: _____

Telephone: ______

Email: _____

Practice Registration No. (where relevant): __

5. Signature

Signature of Contact Person:____________

By or on behalf of ___ (State authority). Date:_____

Note: This Notice is required to be accompanied by the DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY WORKS (COVID-19 CRISIS) NOTICE.

SCHEDULE 3

(Regulation 5(2))

DECLARATION TO ACCOMPANY WORKS (COVID-19 CRISIS) NOTICE

Declaration of intention to carry out Works or a Material Change of Use, in response to the Covid-19 crisis, in accordance with the Building Regulations

Building Control Authority___ Unique Identifier:_______

(for official use only)

Signature of Contact Person:______ Date: __

Name of State authority or organisation acting on behalf of the State authority: __________

Address: ______________

Eircode: ____

Name of Contact Person: _____

Tel: _____

Email: _____

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 April, 2020.

EOGHAN MURPHY,

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The purpose for which these Regulations are made is to provide that temporarily, certain provisions of the Building Control Regulations 1997 (No. 496 of 1997) shall not apply in relation to works that are being carried out in response to COVID-19 and to provide for a new notification process in respect of those works.